A collaborative
effort of cemetery preservation advocates working to increase public awareness
and activism in preserving, protecting and restoring endangered and forgotten
historic cemeteries worldwide.
"Saving Graves is dedicated to providing
leadership, education and advocacy in
preserving and restoring endangered and forgotten cemeteries worldwide."Saving
Graves is strongly committed to the preservation and protection of human burial
sites from unauthorized and unwarranted disturbance, by man or nature.Saving Graves was
formed to educate and assist in the worldwide networking of people interested in
protecting, restoring and preserving our historic cemeteries. We believe that
the willful desecration or destruction of human burial sites is unacceptable in
a civilized society. All over the globe, cemeteries have been threatened by
neglect, insufficient funds, inappropriate development or insensitive public
policy. These cemeteries constitute a memento of great achievements of the
common everyday people that lived and worked there, contributing greatly to both
culture and science, leading to the creation of a better place for those that
followed. It is our primary objective to increase the awareness and highlight
the importance of our historic cemeteries as sources of community and state
pride, while promoting an attitude of reverence and respect, and encouraging the
further preservation of these unique historical resources for future generations
to appreciate and learn from. If society fails to appropriately and adequately
deal with this issue through some definitive action, whether legislative or
otherwise, not only will genealogical and historical resources likely be
irreparably harmed, but society will potentially lose a valuable resource for
charting its inexorable course into annals of human history.

With the help of the
people of Clark County I have all of the Cemeteries in Clark county on a web
site, and to get to them click on the above web site I maintain these
cemeteries on daily basis. If there is a burial, as soon as it gets to the
register of deeds, she e-mails all the information to me and I make the entry.
There are over forty cemeteries plus a few single graves and private
cemeteries. The cemeteries of Clark County are in good condition, We started a
clean up program a few years ago and by picking approximately ten cemeteries,
and with the help of the community, churches and organizations these cemeteries
were cleaned up. We are hoping to make this an annual affair. There were a
couple of cemeteries that were forgotten and nothing done to them for over 40
years but these have been cleaned up and are on the web site. Welcome to Clark!